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Center console ideas, please.

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scottyb

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Please give me your thought and ideas on this. My T has column shift, but some previous owner installed buckets and a little armrest/storage bin.

Since the install of SMC, Scanmaster, and Boost commander, I'm now on electronic gadget overload. I don't want to keep this stuff up on the dash where it's visible all the time. I want to buy or build a center console that has a slide top or flip top to hide the stuff, but give me easy access. I want to be able to yank the scanmaster out and pop it up on the dash for track night. Also, I want the wires hidden, so I'd prefer that the "console" of choice travel all the way up the hump just like a stock GN or T center console.

My first thought is to pick up a regular GN center console and modify the space where the shifter usually resides and make a door of sorts, but I don't think there will be enough room down there for all the crap. Also, I cringe at making permanent damage to a relatively rare item. ;)

I picked up a few of those cheesy consoles at Pep Boys, but none really fit well and none can hide the wires.

Any ideas?
 
I PUT A CONSOLE OUT OF A MONTE ss IN MINE. mORE STORAGE SPACE AND A NICE ARM REST. Bolts right in with just a little bracket (you have to make - simple) for the front mounting points. Bolts right to the regular spots in rear.


sorry 'bout the cap loc
 
Actually, you might be surprised at how much room you'll have under the shifter plate, especially since you won't have any shifter mechanism there! You could build-in all (or most of) your gadgets into a new cover plate! All you'd need is to alter (ie: hack up) the existing top, and have a new cover plate made to accomodate your toys!

<shameless plug time> -- And if you need any help with cutting the existing top and getting a new top cover plate made, just send me or Mark an e-mail! :D
 
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